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Sick children face delays getting treatment at Dunedin Hospital, as its paediatric department struggles with staff shortages

17 December 2025

Sick children face delays getting treatment at Dunedin Hospital, as its paediatric department struggles with staff shortages

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Cocaine use continues to soar in New Zealand
	16 Dec: Cocaine use continues to soar in New Zealand... more

Worksafe's taken early enforcement action against a Christchurch daycare, where five children and two staff suffered chemical burns
	16 Dec: Worksafe's taken early enforcement action against a Christchurch daycare, where five children and two staff suffered chemical burns... more

A nod of approval for the KidsCan school lunches scheme
	15 Dec: A nod of approval for the KidsCan school lunches scheme... more

‘An act of evil antisemitism’: at least 12 dead in terrorist attack on Bondi Beach
	15 Dec: Twenty-nine people were injured and taken to hospital in the deadliest mass shooting in Australia since the Port Arthur massacre in 1996.... more

A new study showing a link between skin disease and heart damage in Tongan schoolchildren could help those at risk in New Zealand
	14 Dec: A new study showing a link between skin disease and heart damage in Tongan schoolchildren could help those at risk in New Zealand... more

Barnardos is calling on Kiwis to help vulnerable children in need this Christmas
	14 Dec: Barnardos is calling on Kiwis to help vulnerable children in need this Christmas... more

King Charles III gives rare cancer update, says treatment will be reduced in new year
	13 Dec: King Charles III has revealed his cancer treatment will be reduced in the new year, describing the milestone as a "blessing" and testament to "remarkable" medical advances.... more

A stark warning that New Zealand isn't doing enough to stop cancer before it starts
	13 Dec: A stark warning that New Zealand isn't doing enough to stop cancer before it starts... more

Freshly caught shellfish are off the Christmas menu in the Eastern Bay of Plenty this year
	13 Dec: Freshly caught shellfish are off the Christmas menu in the Eastern Bay of Plenty this year... more

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15 Dec: A nod of approval for the KidsCan school lunches scheme +++++++++++++++++++

05 Dec: A Christchurch school at the centre of this week's mouldy lunches debacle, has launched an internal inquiry +++++++++++++++++

30 Nov: Doubts the health system would be able to cope with Labour's election promises ++++++++++++

05 Dec: Warnings not to collect and eat shellfish along the Bay of Plenty coast - with unsafe levels of toxins that could cause paralysis, respiratory failure and, in severe cases, death ++++++++++++

06 Dec: Kindercare daycare says it's shocked that children entrusted in their care were harmed at a Christchurch centre yesterday afternoon +++++++++++

10 Dec: A Dunedin woman with 68-thousand social media followers, broadcast claims that her midwife was killing babies +++++++++++

01 Dec: Labour says general practices using its low-interest loans, should be able to repay them within 10 years +++++++++++

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